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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain change his mind about letting Percy, Felicity and Henry on the boat?
2. Who is Helena Robles's brother?
3. In Chapter 19, how can Henry tell when he finds Mateu Robles in jail?
4. In Chapter 20, what is the cipher Mateu Robles told Henry?
5. In Chapter 17, what does Percy do in the bookshop that makes Henry feel aroused?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Chapter 13, what does Helena Robles tell Henry, Percy and Felicity that devastates Henry?
2. In Chapter 21, why does the boatswain refuse to let Felicity, Percy, and Henry on the boat to Italy once he sees them all together?
3. In Chapter 22, what grave error does Henry make in talking to the pirate leader on the deck of the boat?
4. In Chapter 20, why does Helena stab Henry when she finds him in the study?
5. In Chapter 16, what does Helena Robles tell Percy and Henry her father and Percy have in common?
6. At the end of Chapter 17, what does Felicity tell both Percy and Henry that makes them both embarrassed and squeamish?
7. In Chapter 14, what language does Helena Robles speak to Henry when he first rings her doorbell and why is he put off when she says she does not speak English?
8. In Chapter 19, what does Mateu Robles tell Henry about the form his panacea takes?
9. In Chapter 16, what information does Henry learn from snooping through letters in the Robles's study?
10. In Chapter 13, what is interesting and different about the Robles's study?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Percy so attached to his violin, and what does the instrument symbolize to him? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to help support your interpretations.
Essay Topic 2
Why is Mateu Robles so worried about his panacea - and the mechanism for administering it - getting out into the world? Write an essay explaining your answer, citing specific references to the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What do you think Henry's initial reaction to the news about Percy's illness, epilepsy, reveals about Henry's character? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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